Though the Friday and Saturday sessions at Donington Park were plagued by rain, both World Superbike races Sunday were held under dry conditions.

This caused for drastic changes in bike setup, and one team nailed it – Kawasaki Racing. The ZX-10R Ninja pilots Tom Sykes and Loris Baz finished 1-2 in both races, upsetting the point standings after the Donington WSBK round concluded.

The reigning World Superbike Champion Sykes – who also doubled at Donington last season – now leads the series after five of 13 rounds with 185 points. The Brit is now 26 ahead of the two riders tied in second and third – Pata Honda World Superbike’s Jonathan Rea and Baz.

Taking third in race one was Voltcom Crescent Suzuki’s Alex Lowes, and Aprilia Racing Team’s Sylvain Guintoli took the final podium position in race two.

Following are race recaps of 2014 Donington World Superbike.

2014 Donington World Superbike Race 1 Recap:

In race one, Sykes, who qualified seventh, had a horrible start, falling back to 11th. But Sykes would not hold be defeated, and fought his way to his 17th-career victory.

He would battle with Baz and the pole man, Ducati Team’s Davide Giugliano. But the Italian Panigale 1199 R pilot would crash out on the 16th lap, leaving the two Kawasaki’s to fight it out, much to the delight of the crowd.

As in the opening race, Leon Camier (BMW Motorrad Italia) and Geoff May (Team Hero EBR) were not on the grid, Camier nursing an injury sustained in yesterday’s Tissot-Superpole, May unable to take part due to an ongoing technical problem.

2014 Donington World Race 1 Results:

1

Tom Sykes

34m23.929s

GBR

KAWASAKI

Kawasaki Racing Team

2

Loris Baz

+1.538s

FRA

KAWASAKI

Kawasaki Racing Team

3

Alex Lowes

+6.394s

GBR

SUZUKI

Voltcom Crescent Suzuki

4

Marco Melandri

+11.875s

ITA

APRILIA

Aprilia Racing Team

5

Chaz Davies

+14.514s

GBR

DUCATI

Ducati Superbike Team

6

Jonathan Rea

+14.708s

GBR

HONDA

Pata Honda

7

Sylvain Guintoli

+18.483s

FRA

APRILIA

Aprilia Racing Team

8

Leon Haslam

+29.295s

GBR

HONDA

Pata Honda

9

Toni Elias

+31.291s

ESP

APRILIA

Red Devils Roma

10

David Salom

+46.953s

ESP

KAWASAKI

Kawasaki Racing Team

2014 Donington World Race 2 Results:

1

Tom Sykes

34m14.134s

GBR

KAWASAKI

Kawasaki Racing Team

2

Loris Baz

+3.678s

FRA

KAWASAKI

Kawasaki Racing Team

3

Sylvain Guintoli

+7.376s

FRA

APRILIA

Aprilia Racing Team

4

Davide Guigliano

+10.827s

ITA

DUCATI

Ducati Superbike Team

5

Chaz Davies

+15.140s

GBR

DUCATI

Ducati Superbike Team

6

Jonathan Rea

+17.975s

GBR

HONDA

Pata Honda

7

Leon Haslam

+33.737s

GBR

HONDA

Pata Honda

8

Toni Elias

+40.362s

ESP

APRILIA

Red Devils Roma

9

Alex Lowes

+41.465s

GBR

SUZUKI

Voltcom Crescent Suzuki

10

David Salom

+48.929s

ESP

KAWASAKI

Kawasaki Racing Team

2014 World Superbike Championship Point Standings (after five of 13 rounds):

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